Part 4

By Archaeologist of Humanity

"Tell me something. Please?"

Blanc and Neptune both looked to Windows at the same time - Both curious as to why she was asking something when Brain should have told her everything (and I mean LITERALLY EVERYTHING) she wanted to know by now. Windows blushed at the attention at first, but it quickly went away.

Neptune smirked. "Leave it to good ol' Nep! I'll tell you whatever you wanna know! Includ-"

"Including the time you stole my pudding?" Blanc slyly added to her Planeptune friend.

Neptune looked to Blanc with a look of disbelief. "Well, I never!" She commented in an overly dramatic voice.

Ram tilted her head at Windows. "What is it?" She asked.

Windows looked to Ram and her eyes started to glow. "How big is Gamindustri? As in, just how big is each nation? Which would you say is the biggest? When does-"

"Shh!" Nepgear exclaimed rather loudly to Windows who jumped, her eyes almost turning more static blue.

"G-G-GGah!" Windows stuttered. "What...What is it?"

Nepgear pointed to Neptune who was still taking in the questions (IE. Rubbing her chin which she imagined had a fake beard on), Blanc who was writing down the questions (IE. To understand them better probably...). Ram and Rom who were looking at each other with confused expressions...

"Oh dear..." Windows lowered her head. Her first problem. Her eyes lit up again as Brain downloaded some more data into her so she wasn't so destressed.

(Calm down Windows. It's just data overload. They will all recover in a matter of moments. You'll see.)

The portal which was in front of them looked like a glowing set of gates. Windows watched as each of the people she had met came back into their own senses (Neptune took longer...), and they headed back through the portal.

Windows on the other hand just stood and was almost frozen in place. She had only just been born...And she was ALREADY being faced with going somewhere new?

"Nuh-uh..."

(What's wrong?)

"No. Nope...Nooooope."

(Oh for Celestia's sake! Windows! CALM your processor chip! It's just a flash of light! You'll feel nothing!)

"That's what you said about the download! It stings still!"

(It was a big file!)

Ram reappeared from the portal and tilted her head at Windows.

"You okay?" Ram whispered to her.

Windows blinked into life and shook her head. "No, no, no, no, no, no!" She repeated over and over again. "Too much! Too much..."

Just before anything else could happen, Ram walked closer and took Windows' right hand into her own. Making Windows blink and look at her, confused. "It's okay Windows. I was scared at first. Petrified even. It's nothing to be scared off...Trust me." She gave the hand a squeeze and smiled reassuringly.

Windows gulped and looked to the sky, then to Ram. "Are you both absolutely SURE about this?"

(Absolutely.)

Ram nodded at her. "Positive. You'll be fine. Come on... They're waiting for us."

Windows slowly nodded and took more steps towards the portal until she started to feel its pull slightly on her. "Will I be able to come back?"

(I told you before - You are Celestia's representive Guardian. You can come back whenever and however you like (:)) But I'd prefer it if you would come back not-drunk.)

"Drunk? Doesn't sound very nice..."

Ram giggled and pointed to Windows. "I can't imagine you dr-drunk! Bwahahaha!"

(Downloading...)

Windows froze for a moment then when her eyes flashed, Ram gulped. Normally, flashing eyes meant dangerous things...But not today.

"Oh..." Windows whispered. "I see..."

(Yeah, so if you can avoid that. That'd be great. =D)

Windows giggled. "Alright. Anyway, Ram, shall we?"

Ram nodded and walked into the portal, taking Windows with her. To their next destination...And a place Windows would need to get very intimately familiar with:

Gamindustri.

To Be Continued.